Over the past several years, many federal courts have weighed in on whether a key Supreme Court decision requires them to dismiss non-resident opt-in plaintiffs in federal wage and hour collective actions, and there is now...more
2/10/2022
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Collective Actions ,
Dismissals ,
Due Process ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Forum Shopping ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Non-Residents ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Specific Jurisdiction ,
Split of Authority ,
Wage and Hour
The application of a key Supreme Court decision remains an important issue for multi-state employers defending federal collective action wage and hour claims – but are we any closer to getting clarity on what remains a...more
Federal courts across the country have been split on the issue of whether a court can exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state plaintiffs who want to opt-in into a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action....more